For the past two years, I’ve been an intern at at software company. This company specializes in medical imaging devices and software. I spent my first year with the company working in the Quality Assurance lab, testing their software and making sure it worked properly. After a year of testing, I was offered the chance to work in development, which I happily jumped at. For the past year, I’ve been involved in enhancing our Sentinel project, which is a part of our software that helps monitor the health of our overall system as well as collect status and performance statistics. It has been an incredible experience working. I’ve spoken too many of my other classmates, and from what I’ve heard, I was given a great opportunity. I’m definitely learning a lot and can’t wait to learn more. Looking back at the classes I’ve taken during undergrad, I can say that some prepared me for my internship, while for others, not as much. The introductory classes definitely helped instill the fundamental knowledge that I use everyday. The concepts taught in CSE8A & 8B, CSE12, and CSE100 are probably the concepts that I most look back on and use. If any undergraduate student asked me what classes were most important, I would definitely say that those are the top four on my list. Another class that I have found to be surprising useful is the CSE110 Software Engineering class. The class introduced topics in software development, including the process of development, cycles of development, and software design. Since I’ve begun working in software development, I’ve realized the importance of the development cycle. My company’s software development cycle is based on the Agile Manifesto. We currently have a system where there are two weeks sprints, where you develop for two weeks then there’s a showcase where you show what you’ve done. Showcases allow for developer to get feedback earlier on how something looks or how it was implemented, that way they can fix it sooner rather then later....

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...﻿LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
A BOOK CRITIQUE OF AUGUSTINE AS MENTOR
By Edward L. Smither
A Book Review Submitted to
Liberty Theological Seminary
CHHI 520
CHURCH HISTORY 1
By
Angelica Colon
July 27, 2014
I. Introduction
Dr. Edward L. Smither is an assistant professor of Church History and Intercultural Studies at Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary in Lynchburg, Virginia. He has written a helpful book for those in Christian leadership today on mentoring focusing mainly on the early church bishop Augustine of Hippo entitled Augustine as Mentor: Model for Preparing Spiritual Leaders. Throughout this book, Dr. Smither discusses the approaches that Augustine took to mentoring and strengthening others as well as the manner in which his mentors helped him grow and develop as a Christian and as a leader. Once of Smither’s main concerns is that “Many pastor’s today, especially in the West, are struggling in isolation without a pastor to nurture their souls. Sadly many of these, unless they encounter a radical change, will not finish he race”.1 This review will assess, critique, and apply the subject of mentoring from Augustine of Hippo’s model.
II. Summary
Smither begins with giving an overview of the term mentoring with a historical context providing Jesus and Paul relationships with others as examples of mentoring. He defines mentoring “in essence means that a master, expert, or someone...

...This reflection is divided into two parts: the importance of critical reflection and an evaluation of self. The first part will be drawing upon through the appropriate literature, and there are four points to prove the importance of critical reflection in personal development. It will be expounded and distinguish Reflection in action and Reflection on action. Then, the theory of Single and double loop learning will be introduced. Moreover, the reflection also includes the difficulties and challenges. In the second part, it will be reflected my own personal style or capabilities through MBTI Personality Test, because of there are two different styles for me, and through the comparison it will be proof which one is the best one. After confirming the style of MBTI Personality Test, I will give some my own examples, keep the strengths and come up with some suggestion of the weaknesses to support the above theories.
Reflection is thinking for a purpose and analyzing how people learn, it is also including evaluating how effectively people learn. Most of all, reflection includes being critical, it is not in a negative or destructive way, but through strict questioning and lucubrating what and how people learn (The Open University, N.D.). And Wade (1997) said:
“Reflection provides a structured opportunity for individuals and groups to consider the...

...by the hand upon deadline and an electronic version must be submitted on deadline to the course lecturer.
Below you will find a template of the reflective log and a template of a summary sheet. You are suggested to complete your reflective log using the first person style (‘I did this’, ‘I think’, etc.).
1 when you reflect what you have studied and read, you should reflect the findings/ critical review of those selected papers/ book chapters that you have found particularly helpful/ inspiring. Your completed template form and content should be a CRITICAL reflection of the paper/ chapter content but NOT merely summarize what you have read.
TEMPLATE FOR REFLECTIONS ON EXPERIENCES
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...What is reflection?
Reflection is the examination of personal thoughts and actions. For practitioners this means focusing on how they interact with their colleagues and with the environment to obtain a clearer picture of their own behaviour.
It is therefore a process by which practitioners can better understand themselves in order to be able to build on existing strengths and take appropriate future action. And the word ‘action’ is vital.Reflection is not ‘navel-gazing’. Its aim is to develop professional actions that are aligned with personal beliefs and values.
There are two fundamental forms of reflection: reflection-on-action and reflection-in-action. Understanding the differences between these forms of reflection is important. It will assist practitioners in discovering a range of techniques they can use to develop their personal and professional competences.
Reflection-on-action
Reflection-on-action is perhaps the most common form of reflection. It involves carefully re-running in your mind events that have occurred in the past. The aim is to value your strengths and to develop different, more effective ways of acting in the future.
In some of the literature on reflection (Grant and Greene 2001; Revans 1998), there is a focus on identifying negative aspects of personal behaviour with a view to...

...this assignment is to discuss the contribution of reflective practice for clinical nursing. Reflection has been defined as a way for individuals to “capture their experience, think about it, mull it over and evaluate” (Boud et al 1985: 19)
Argyris and Schon (1974) suggest that practitioners often practice at less than effective levels because they follow routine. Johns (1995) implies that action can be taken through reflection to increase effectiveness in practice as reflection provides opportunities for self development as professionals and individuals (Hinchliff et al., 1993).
Bishop and Scott (2001) believe Clinical nursing is fundamental to nursing practice, that it provides expertise that are used to bring high quality care to patient’s that is not likely to be provided by a lay person. During this assignment I will discuss Christopher Johns model of structured reflection and Donald Schon’s model of reflection on and in action and his coaching theory and other methods that contribute to the reflecting process. I will identify how the models then relate to clinical practice and how nursing has changed.
Carper (1978) Identified that as individuals have different ways of thinking and knowledge differentiates it is some times helpful to refer to a framework to assist reflection.
Johns et al (2002) built on Carper’s theory and constructed a model for structured...

...(Gibbs 1988)(see appendix 1). This model of reflection will be applied to the essay to facilitate critical thought and relating theory to practice where the model allows. Discussion on the incident will include the knowledge underpinning practice and the evidence base for the administration of the drug. A conclusion to the essay will then be given which will discuss my knowledge and competence of the incidence being reflected upon.
The drug that I have chosen to reflect upon is Fragmin (see Drug Profile 1 Appendix 2) which was administered as a parenteral subcutaneous injection to a 14 year old girl, who shall remain anonymous for the purpose of patient confidentiality in accordance with the regulations of the NMC (2008). I have chosen to reflect on this drug as it was the first injection I had given during my training which encouraged me to further develop my knowledge within this area.
The first stage of Gibbs model (1988) of reflection requires a description of events (see Appendix 3).
The next stage of Gibbs (1988) reflective cycle is related to thoughts and feelings aroused during the event which I can use to reflect upon (see appendix 4).
The third stage of Gibbs (1988) model of reflection encourages exploration of both positive and negative experiences encountered and I have chosen a few that I propose to discuss further within this reflection.
Throughout the incident the correct hospital policy was...

...Reflecting on an incident in the minor injuries department of A & E
The concept of reflection as a learning tool in workplace education can enable the student to problem solve in practice. By exploring the individuals own unique situations and past experience they can, in order to learn, consider past thoughts and memories to achieve a desired outcome. (Rolfe, 1998). Taylor (2000) suggests that, to reflect on action from an event, we must remember our thoughts and memories. Then we must use the ability of contemplation, meditation and consideration, which will enable us to make sense of them in order to modify our behaviour, should we encounter a similar experience in the future.
The following reflective account aims to explore specific complications and difficulties encountered after obtaining a history and performing a physical examination on a young patient that presented to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department. The incident that I have chosen to look at took place whilst on a shift in the Minor Injuries Unit based in an A & E Department. Confidentiality has been preserved throughout in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct (NMC 2004).
To achieve and understand the use of reflection in a structured manner, the Gibbs (1988) Reflective Cycle will be utilised. Bulman and Schutz (2004) believe that reflection is a dynamic progression, and using a cyclical framework is of an advantage...

...DC00050206
Professional Practice Two
WYP 502
Assignment 2
25thMarch 2013
SWOT/CV
Contents Page
Reflection P3 – P6
Reference List P7
Appendix List P8
Appendix 1 –Updated CV P9
Appendix 2 –Old CV P10
Appendix 3 – Updated SWOT P11
Appendix 4 – Old SWOT P 12
The purpose of this assignment was to reflect and compare four different documents, before analysing the changes made between an updated CV (curriculum vitae) and a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) in comparison to an older CV and SWOT, according to Ackerman, L. (2007) a CV is the life story of a professional and tells you everything and anything you have done in your professional career. A SWOT analysis according to Pehlchen, B. (2007) a swot analysis is tool used to receive a certain potential of the intention and indicate possibilities for improvements. It was found that there weren’t many significant changes made in the SWOT analysis and CV’s. This reflection will be separated in to subheadings which are; Reflective Practise, confidence, qualifications and training, academic writing and IT skills
Reflective Practise
In my professional role I have encountered situations that have not been as successful as I would have liked. From studying the module “becoming an effective, reflective practitioner” I have been able to gain the confidence, knowledge and better understanding of how to reflect and...